Poke Milkweed
Asclepias exaltata
Poke milkweed is one of the few milkweeds for shade, with drooping clusters of white-and-lavender flowers in open woods. A monarch host that brings milkweed value to dappled, moist gardens.
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 4–6 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, monarch host, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV
Related native plants
More Asclepias species
- Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
- Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
- Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
- Green Antelopehorn (Asclepias viridis)
- Antelope Horns (Asclepias asperula)
- Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)